Seasonal Services
Christmas at Christ Church
Christmas Eve
4:00 p.m. A Service for Children and Families
This festive celebration of the Christmas story is geared to the youngest among us, and features leadership from our children and youth ministries. Carols, the Christmas story, our Children's choir, and the celebration of Holy Communion make this service memorable for young and older alike.
6:30 p.m. The Nativity of our Lord
This candlelight service features the soaring and beautiful sounds of the Christ Church choir, and the story of Christmas told through lessons and carols, our senior minister's Christmas sermon, and the celebration of Holy Communion. Few services throughout the year rival the beauty and joy of this celebration of Jesus' birth.
Christmas Day
10:00 a.m. Our celebration continues as we re-tell the Christmas story, sharing in different carols and different aspects of the story than we did the night before.
New Year's Eve Covenant Renewal Service
6:30 p.m. This traditional and most Methodist of liturgies helps us observe the end of one year and the beginning of another. We renew our covenant with God through word, song, and gathering at the Lord's table. This hour-long service is an appropriate way to begin your celebrations of the New Year.
New Year's Day
We will combine our 9:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m. services at 10:00 a.m. as we celebrate the beginning of the new year together.
Lenten Services
Ash Wednesday Services
12:30 & 6:30 p.m.
Services of imposition of ashes and Holy Communion.
Lenten Worship Services
Sundays 9:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m.
Music and story guide us as we journey with Jesus and his disciples on their way to Jerusalem.
Thursdays in Lent
6:30 p.m.
We gather in our darkened, candlelit chapel for a period of reflection, prayer, and renewal. Contemporary song, scripture and contemporary readings, and prayers for healing of mind, body, and spirit characterize these contemplative occasions. Following worship a simple meal prepared by our staff is shared.
Palm/Passion Sunday
9:00 a.m.
Worship Service and Holy Communion.
11:00 a.m.
A dramatic re-telling through music and word of Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem and his final days.
Holy Week
7:30 a.m.
Morning Prayer will be offered each day.
Maundy Thursday
6:30 p.m.
A commemoration of Jesus' Last Supper with his disciples.
Good Friday
2:30 p.m.
The last hours of Jesus' life and his death are recalled for deep reflection.
Holy Saturday
6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.
An all-night vigil fills our sanctuary with prayers in preparation for the light of Easter morn.
Easter Sunday
7:00 a.m.
A candlelight Easter dawn service and the first Eucharist of Easter.
New members will be recieved at this service.
8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Breakfast in the Bowne Room on the third floor.
10:00 a.m.
Join other Christ Church families for the annual Easter Egg Hunt on the roof.
9:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m.
Festival services celebrating the Resurrection of Our Lord with music for organ, orchestra and choir.
Easter at Christ Church
7:00 a.m. Easter Dawn Service
We gather in the darkened sanctuary where on Friday we heard and experienced the passion of Jesus. In this service we pick up that narrative, which leads from the darkness of night and of those dramatic events, to light of day and of new life. This joyous celebration rings in the Good News of Easter, and is a fitting conclusion to the events of Holy Week.
9:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m. The Resurrection of our Lord
Glorious music, the proclamation of the Easter gospel, and the sharing of the Lord's Supper characterize a festival service worthy of Jesus' resurrection. These identical services feature our choirs and guest instrumentalists, and are among the most memorable worship experiences of our year.
